Rock List Revisited: The New Top 100!

A while back, our venerable and esteemed founder Sir Rocknuts posted a list of his Top 100 Rock Artists, and then graciously asked the staff to present challenges to it. I made my dissent known, as did the other contributors to this site, but I ultimately decided that I should just make my own list. That took about five months. I’m not submitting this as an objective list of the best artists of all time. One person, as opinionated as I, could not possibly deliver a list that would do this idea justice. Rather, here is my list of the first 100 artists I could think of that weren’t horrible.

Let’s try this again:

How about my picks for the most influential and indelible? The hookcrafters and chorus-cobblers? Here are my top 100 contenders, in alphabetical order.

Jordan Posner is a writer, musician, attorney, rock music fan, wine enthusiast, American history buff and dog lover. He is originally from Centerville, Ohio and went to school at The Ohio State University and Loyola University Chicago. Here is a list of more things about him:

1. Jordan currently lives in Chicago with his girlfriend and dog, both adorable.
2. His favorite bands of all time include Husker Du, R.E.M, Ween, Pink Floyd and Guided by Voices
3. His favorite U.S. President is either Theodore Roosevelt or Lyndon Johnson (domestic policy only).
4. His favorite song very well might be “Nightswimming” by R.E.M.
5. He currently sells wine, unless you can offer him a better job.

Check him out on Twitter, because he usually says a lot of funny things : @FlackSabbath

You can email him your thoughts on 1980’s American hardcore music. Or just skip right to the death threats: jordan@rocknuts.net.

Not an objective list. As specifically stated in the article, “These are my picks.” So why would I be in any way obligated to put an artist on this list that I don’t personally like? If I put the Doors and Van Morrison on the list, aren’t I just pandering to the masses, rather than telling you anything genuine about myself?

It would be one thing if I claimed that this was “the result of hundreds of ballots and voting” a la Rolling Stone’s list, but I’m not saying that.

I will concede that U2 should have potentially made the list, but I personally feel that they have none nothing of note (musically speaking) since 1991. One of my criteria was quality of work/chronological length of existence. U2 just isn’t consistent to me, and they don’t have enough good records for a band that has been around for 36 years.

I hope that you’re not seriously believing that the order of your choices regarding the “TOP 100” can be remotely accurate . My oldest son could have done better than the choices you made. Seriously, Seriously and your a critic of some sort. Hogwash I say !